Unrufe, sb. restlessness, vexation. Gol. and Gaw., 499. See rove, sb. Cp. Norse uro, restlessness, noise, Dan. uro, id.
Unsaucht, adj. disturbed, troubled. Gol. and Gaw., II, 12. See saucht.
Upbigare, sb. a builder. Winyet, II, 3, 4. See big. Cp. Norse bygga up.
Uploip, vb. leap up. Montg., M.P., III, 33. See loup. On this change of ou to oi cp. the same word in Norse, laupa and loipa.
Vath, waith, sb. danger. Bruce, V, 418; Wallace, IX, 1737. O. N. váði, harm, mishap, disaster, Dan. vaade, danger, adversity, Sw. våde, an unlucky accident, M. E. wāþe, peril. Does not seem to exist in the modern diall.
Vitterly, adv. certainly. Bruce, IV, 771; X, 350. O. N. vitrliga, wisely, Dan. vitterlig, well-known, undoubted, M. E. witerliche, certainly.
Vyndland, pr. p. whirling around. Bruce, XVII, 721. O. N. vindla, to wind up. Norse vindel, a curl, anything twisted or wound. Cu. winnel. Cp. Dan. vindelbugt, a spiral twist. Skeat cites provincial Eng. windle, a wheel for winding yarn.
Wag, vb. to totter, walk unsteady. Dunbar, 120, 98. Norse, vagga, to swing, rock, sway, O. N. vaga, to waddle. See further Skeat.